Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

A.“πεσοῦμαι” Ar.V.523, etc.: Ep. pf. part. fem. “περιπεπτηυῖαι” Eratosth.16.9:—fall around, i.e. so as to embrace, τινι X. An.1.8.28; “ἐπί τινι” Plu.Crass.17; “εἰς τὸ στῆθος” Id.Sert.26.

2. fall around, i.e. upon, a weapon, “τῷ ξίφει” Ar.V.523; “τῷ βέλει” Antipho 3.3.6.

3. [ζῶναι] πόλοις περιπεπτηυῖαι encircling the poles, Eratosth.l.c.

4. fall over, “ἑκατέρωσε” Plu.Pyrrh.24; “πλαγία περιπεσοῦσα” Id.Ant.67.

II. c. dat., fall in with, Hdt.6.105; “ἀλλήλοις” X.An.7.3.38, etc.; freq. of ships meeting at sea, Hdt.6.41,8.94, Th. 8.33,103; π. μουσικῇ τε καὶ ταῖς μέθαις having encountered them in our discussion. Pl.Lg.682e; ἡ ὄψις κάμνουσα ἐν τοῖς μικροῖς τοῖς μεγάλοις ἀσμένως π. Plot.6.9.3: abs., supervene, Petos. ap. Vett. Val.278.8.

2. fall foul of other ships, “τῇσι σφετέρῃσι νηυσί” Hdt.8.89; περὶ ἀλλήλας of one another, ib.16; also π. περὶ τὴν Σηπιάδα to be wrecked on . . , Id.7.188.

3. metaph., fall in with, fall into, mostly of evil, c. dat., π. ἀδίκοισι γνώμῃσι fall in with, encounter unjust judgements, Id.1.96; π. τοιαύτῃσι τύχῃσι, δουλοσύνῃ, Id.6.16,106; νούσοις, νοσήμασι, Hp. VM3, X.Cyr.6.2.27; “λουτροῖσιν ἀλόχου” E.Or.367; “αἰσχρᾷ τύχῃ” Id.Hec.498; “ἀκουσίοις κακοῖς” Antipho 3.3.7; “τοιούτῳ πάθει” Th.2.54; “τοιαύτῃ συμφορᾷ περιπέπτωκεν ὑπὸ τούτου” D.21.96, cf. And.1.51; “ἀβροχίαις” OGI56.15 (Canopus, iii B. C.); “π. συκοφάνταις” Lys.7.1; “αἰσχύνῃ” X.HG7.3.9; “ταῖς μεγίσταις ζημίαις” Isoc.7.27, cf. 12.146; “αἰτίᾳ” Plu. Ant.67; also σοὶ αὐτῷ περιπίπτειν to be caught in your own snare, Hdt.1.108, cf. 8.16, Luc.DMort.26.2; “τοῖς ἐμαυτοῦ λόγοις περιπίπτω” Aeschin.2.144 : with a Prep., ἐν σφίσι κατὰ τὰς ἰδίας διαφορὰς π. Th.2.65 : abs., come to grief, Plb.8.36.4, Vett.Val.16.2.

4. of events, befall one, “ἤν μοί τι περιπίπτῃ κακόν” Ar.Th.271 : abs., “δεῖ τι περιπεσεῖν” Philostr.VA1.33.

III. change suddenly, “εἴς τι” Plb.3.4.5.